Comments on: Extended Battery Coming To All G1 Owners?

By: rob

rob — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:31:21 +0000

I just bought a G1 yesterday and I have noticed the poor battery life already. After a full night of charging I used my phone for 2 hours and already had half battery power. I dont know if I want to buy the replacement battery and add the bulk to the phone though….ill prolly just tough it out for now.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:23:05 +0000

The battery of the G1 is awful!! Love the phone, but it is always out of juice.

By: someguy

someguy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:40:54 +0000

Its been so long, so has this battery arrived?

By: ACE

ACE — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:24:09 +0000

I just spoke to G1 support and they knew nothing about a battery replacement. They told me to call HTC warranty department and the guy told me that the new batteries would be in by the end of next week. Also, the battery will fit into the G1 and not require a new cover. From what I was told the exchange of batteries will not cost anything. I personally needed a new back cover because my camera screen is cracked. They put me through to the warranty department and they will send me a new cover for free. I hope this helps solve the mystery.

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By: beep

beep — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:31:12 +0000

Well, I would NOT pay for a larger battery–it needs to be free. Why should paying customers be guinea pigs/beta testers? They should have got it right the first time! Let this be a lesson to them not to rush a product to market. A friend and his wife both bought G1s and all I hear is how much he hates the phone, especially the horrible battery life–his battery is frequently flat. I can’t disagree. I hope the rumor proves true and T-Mobile bites the bullet.

By: IG

IG — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:08:06 +0000

If this is true, this would be great. I love my G1 Phone. The only significant problem is battery life. A larger capacity battery would be great….and I am cool with it adding a couple of mm of bulk to the back of the phone.

By: Bryan W

Bryan W — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:06:11 +0000

An extended battery would be GREAT…but at the cost of a new back cover? this phone already fits perfectly in my: pocket, car console next to hand brake, belt pouch, etc.. Past experiences with extended batteries with new covers prove to be an ugly factor of about +5 to phone.. While the G1 isn’t the sexiest phone out there, it is a solid build by HTC (love the ugly Mogul)..
Is there anyway to have an extended battery that is the same physical size as the current 1150mAh?

By: C-Rex

C-Rex — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:56:22 +0000

I would PAY for a larger battery and new cover to accommodate it.

Now FREE, that would just be AWESOME!

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:38:38 +0000

@ Rob,

As a fellow Android Phan I want to make sure this “rumor” had more true substance than those wonderfully vague G2 rumors.

Again this came directly from a T-Mobile PDA Tech Support Representative over the phone upon which he stated there no official statement from T-Mobile on this as of yet, but he knew that plans were in the works.

There is nothing new to this since I posted, but my sense is after the holidays more details will be exposed that I will then post immediately at Google And Blog.

Hopefully January 2009 will provide the Android trifecta of a new battery, CupCake improvements, & FLASH.

,Michael Martin
http://www.googleandblog.com/

By: Joel McLaughlin

Joel McLaughlin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:12:18 +0000

I definitely hope they DO have a plan to fix this. The G1 does use the battery very quickly IF you have all of the features turned on. Once Cupcake is released, if the rumored video recording feature works, then Qik will probably get a client together pretty quickly which means my battery would be toast.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:55:21 +0000

Just some rumors so far. I called T-Mobile Customer Service and was told I could “buy” a new battery. But there is no “Known Issue” which seems to be the decider on whether they actually admit a problem or not.

By: Droideo.com

Droideo.com — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:29:04 +0000

Hopefully this applies to UK buyers too!

By: JSC

JSC — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:44:38 +0000

You know, its funny… I used to be quite upset when my Dash would need to be recharged within 36 hours.

My G1 lasts about 36 hours with basic use, and often only about 12 with heavy use… but I don’t mind. Its never left me stranded yet, and occasionally plugging it in at work or in the car hasn’t been a big deal at all. It also helps that “0%” on the battery scale seems to mean there’s at least 30-45 minutes left, as opposed to every other gadget I have where it means “shutting down in 10 seconds”

By: OrganizedFellow

OrganizedFellow — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:38:26 +0000

Well, they did replace the battery for many Shadow owners a while back.

I had a Shadow previously and it was announced on the All Shadow.com site about it. I just called T-Mobile, and asked if they had plans to replace the Shadow battery. Sure enough, they booked me and shipped me a new one. I even kept the old one, charged for that *emergency* situation.